Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Dibulla, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Hashmi, 1973b: 86, cites 6 worker, 1 queen syntypes in MHNG. 2) Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in Forel, 1902b: 170.